comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
breakthrough; great discovery
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
any more; any further; any better; any longer
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
time; hour; period; class
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
in search of; in order to look for
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
(some) more; even more; longer; further
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to be silent; to say nothing